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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Conaill" data-source="post: 2630637" data-attributes="member: 1264">In order to get more participation, and less influence of popularity and sheer postcount on the votes, it would be REALLY useful if we could link each name on the poll to their "campaign speech". Right now, you have to follow the link to the Nomination thread, and then browse around in there for the vaarious statements by the candidates. That alone may keep people from voting, or just voting for the 1-2 people whose name they recognize...PS: The non-blinded Approval Voting we're using now is kinda interesting. It's not entirely clear what the optimal strategy would be, because the psychology of the voters comes into play as well. For example, you may be able to boost an underdog early (especialy if you can collude with a couple of friends) so they get more visibility than they would have if they were stuck in the single digit pile. Excluding such psychological effects, the optimal strategy would be to vote as late as possible, so you can adjust your votes to maximize your impact on the outcome. In any case, this voting method will likely depress the top votes somewhat (because people will figure those results are already set in stone anyway), in favor of the second tier of candidates - i.e. those for which the election is still somewhat undecided. The latter might not be a bad idea - it encourages some fresh blood - but I do think there are better and more fair ways to achieve that. Term limits are probably something that should be considered...</blockquote>

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